Re: Building a rackmount looping computer as an alternative to the Receptor for Mobius

["Kris Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Per Boysen" <per@boysen.se>

> On Oct 17, 2005, at 23:43, Kris Hartung wrote:
>
> > I just finally got Mobius set up with my laptop and Behringer
> > controller...I
> > can't tell any difference in timing between hitting the Record
> > button for
> > Mobius and hitting it for my EDPs.
>
> Maybe you use some quantization of the action? I can't run Mobius but
> I guess I'd like it that way because I like the EDP that way. Usually...

Surprisingly, I never use any quantize functions on the EDP, Mobius, etc. 
It
bugs me. I like
to control my own imperfections. :)

> > And when it comes to controlling my VST
> > effects via MIDI, in some cases it is faster than hardware.
>
> Midi IS already digital, so it just flows right into the software.
> The type of latency I have a problem with is the AD related latency.
> The time it takes for a device to transform my analog instrument
> signal into digital (ones and zero's). This calculation is not speed
> up much by faster processors in the computer. Besides, it is not a
> problem in praxis if you don't play through the computer, as I just
> wrote in a previous post.

Yup..and that MIDI mate device you recommended to me is working great! I
love
the little red light.


> per